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O2 and Vodafone implement locked-door entry at Ealing Broadway stores
Two mobile phone stores in Ealing Broadway shopping centre have introduced a ‘locked door’ policy in response to a rise in thefts across London linked to organised criminal gangs. The branches, operated by O2 and Vodafone, now require customers to be granted entry by a member of staff or a secur...
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Southall Park and Hayes End Park rapist jailed for life
A 24-year-old man has been jailed for life following for a series of crimes including an attempted rape of a woman in Southall Park and a rape of a child in Hayes in October 2024. Navroop Singh, of Mellow Lane East, UB4 was sentenced today (4 July 2025) at Isleworth Crown Court to life imprisonmen...
Ealing Council Stands Firm on Children's Centres
Opposition call-in fails to shift policy on closures
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Ealing Council rejects review of controversial children’s centres closures
Labour-run Ealing Council is pushing ahead with its controversial decision to close more than 40% of its children’s centres in the borough, after a last-ditch attempt to overturn the move failed. Despite a formal “call-in” challenge led by opposition Liberal Democrat councillors, Labour counci...
Motorbike Sought in Jordan Rodney Murder Investigation
Yamaha MT-09 Trace was last spotted on CCTV near Eaton Rise
Bid to Turn Former Nat West into Bingo Hall
Closed branch in Park Royal is next to Asda development site
Police appeal to find motorbike after Northolt man fatally shot in Hammersmith
Police are appealing for help to locate a motorbike as part of a murder investigation after a man from Northolt was fatally shot in Hammersmith last month. Detectives believe the Yamaha MT-09 Tracer motorbike was used in the attack and was later spotted on CCTV in Ealing. Jordan Oliver Rodney, 30, d...
Reflections on Brent River Park’s 50th anniversary
Churchfields Recreation Ground in Hanwell came alive to celebration and remembrance last Sunday (29 June 2025), as the community gathered to mark the 50th anniversary of Brent River Park. But beyond the maypole dancing, bluebell stiltwalkers, Morris dancers and wildlife walks, it was the voices of t...
FREENOW rolls out Voi e-bikes in Ealing
Residents and commuters in Ealing now have an additional way to get around the borough as mobility platform FREENOW launches Voi e-bikes on its app, part of a wider rollout across the capital. The partnership aims to give residents and visitors more sustainable travel choices by adding lightweight, ...
Privacy Concerns Raised over Parking Payments
Ealing Council advises residents to view setting in their app
CAMRA Gives Design Award to West Ealing Pub
The Forester wins in the Community Local category
Ealing boy leads TfL birthday station takeover
A five-year-old boy from Ealing is helping to lead Transport for London’s 25th anniversary celebrations today (3 July 2025), after being selected as one of 25 young ‘Superfans’ whose recorded messages will take over announcements at stations across the capital. Sanchéz King Chiwandire, who is...
Police seek to identify man over sexual assault in Hanwell
A man is being sought by the Metropolitan Police after a woman was sexually assaulted in Hanwell. Detectives have released CCTV footage of a suspect in the hope the public can help identify him following the incident in May. The assault took place shortly before midnight on 21 May 2025 in Park Road,...
Appeal Made After Sexual Assault in Hanwell
Police release CCTV footage of man sought in connection
Southall Builder Ordered To Repay Covid Bounce Back Loan
Overstated revenue and used money to invest in Pakistani housing scheme
EEOs in Ealing to alert StreetLink about people sleeping rough
Environmental enforcement officers (EEOs) in Ealing have begun using new technology to help rough sleepers connect with local support services, as part of a partnership between APCOA and Ealing Council. EEOs have been equipped with an app on their handheld devices that links them directly to StreetL...
Ealing Hospital offers sensory care bags to patients
Patients with learning disabilities and autism visiting Ealing Hospital – run by London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) – can now receive free sensory care bags, thanks to a new initiative funded by its LNWH Charity. The bags – containing earphones, an eye mask, fidget board,...
100 Vouchers for Ealing Restaurants Being Given Away
Make It Tasty offer running for ten days
Southall builder banned for 11 years over fraudulent Covid loan claim
A building contractor from Southall has been banned from acting as a company director for 11 years after fraudulently overstating his company’s turnover to secure the maximum Covid Bounce Back loan. Tahir Haq, 46, of Norman Avenue, Southall, claimed his company, Integral Maintenance Team Ltd, had ...
Northfields Allotment gets ready for summer open day
Northfields Allotment, London’s oldest surviving allotment site, will is hosting its annual summer open day on 6 July 2025 with an afternoon that promises a mix of horticulture, history and homemade cake. Tucked away on Northfield Avenue in West Ealing, the site has cultivated more than vegetables...